Lebanon at the 2024 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:LBN
Nocname:Lebanese Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2024
Location:Paris, France
Competitors:10
Sports:8
Flagbearer Open:Simon Doueihy
Laetitia Aoun[1]
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto

Lebanon competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It signified the nation's nineteenth participation at the Summer Olympics.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

width=180Sportwidth=55Menwidth=55Womenwidth=55Total
Athletics1 0 1
Fencing1 0 1
Judo1 0 1
Shooting0 1 1
Swimming1 1 2
Table tennis0 1 1
Taekwondo0 1 1
Tennis2 0 2
Total 6 4 10

Athletics

See main article: article, Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Lebanon had been due to send one sprinter to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[2] However, Noureddine Hadid was arrested at Beirut Airport on 4 July 2024 as he was considered a deserter from the Lebanese Army. Despite appeals from the Lebanese Athletics Federation the army insisted that Hadid would not be allowed to compete, meaning that Lebanon had no competitors in Olympic athletics events for the first time since the 1996 Summer Olympics.[3]

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. For the first time since 2016, Lebanon entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. Philippe Wakim secured his spot after receiving the tripartite invitation quotas for men's individual foil event.

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Lebanon qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Caramnob Sagaipov (men's middleweight, 90 kg) got qualified via continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Lebanese trap shooter Ray Bassil achieved a quota place for the following event by virtue of her best finish at the 2023 Asian Shooting Championships.[4] [5] [6]

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Lebanon received a universality invitation from World Aquatics to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender) in their respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of June 23, 2024.

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Simon DoueihyMen's 100 m freestyle50.1042Did not advance
Lynn El HajjWomen's 100 m breaststroke1:10.2731Did not advance

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. For the first time since 2016, Lebanon entered one athlete into the games. Mariana Sahakian secured her spot at the Games via winning the gold medal for women's single event, through the 2024 Western Asia Qualification Tournament in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq.

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. For the first time since 2012, Lebanon qualified one athlete to compete at the games. Laetitia Aoun qualified for the games, following the triumph of her victory in the semifinal rounds in her class, at the 2024 Asian Qualification Tournament in Tai'an, China.[7]

Tennis

See main article: article, Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Lebanon entered two tennis players into the games. Benjamin Hassan will represent the nations at the games by virtue of the universality spots allocations results; marking the nations debut at these sports.

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal /
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Benjamin HassanSingles
W 6–4, 6–2

L 2–6, 6–3, 6–7(3–7)
Did not advance
Hady Habib
L 3–6, 1–6
Did not advance
Benjamin Hassan
Hady Habib
align=left Doubles
L 6–7(5–7), 2–6
Did not advance

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Paris 2024: Opening ceremony flagbearers information . olympics.com . . 28 July 2024.
  2. Web site: Athletics Paris 2024 Final Entries. World Athletics. 12 July 2024.
  3. News: Blondel . Gabriel . Lebanese athletics says goodbye to Paris 2024, without even having set foot there . 4 August 2024 . L'Orient-Le Jour . 2 August 2024.
  4. Web site: Ray Bassil Clinches gold. 30 October 2023. www.lbcgrouo.tv/. LBCI.
  5. Web site: JO-2024: Ray Bassil qualifiée pour les Jeux de Paris. 30 October 2023. www.icibeyrouth.com/. IciBeirut.
  6. Web site: Quota Places by Nation and Number. 1 January 2018. issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 18 September 2022.
  7. Web site: China wins sixth Olympic licence for taekwondo. Inside The Games. 16 March 2024. 11 April 2024.